Recovered Stroke Patient Now Gets Turned On By The Bond Sountrack

Strokes, even small ones, commonly mess with a person's neurological hardwiring, which can create odd links between sensory stimuli and response. The condition — which some are born with — is known as synesthesia, the mix-ups of one sense with another. For instance, "tasting" colors. Weird, right? But it's sort of an advantage to performers and artists: some famous synesthesists include Mary J. Blige, Lolita author Vladimir Nabokov (both "colored hearing"), Marilyn Monroe (tasted colors) and the artist Kandinsky. (Otherwise known as the best time-traveling brunch group ever.)

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A 43-year-old man in Toronto, after suffering a stroke in 2007, found that he cannot look at a specific shade of blue anymore because he finds it "disgusting," but loves raspberries because they "taste like blue." (A different shade, I assume.)

"I had the sensation of entering the TV, and entering the stadium and I was floating above the crowd. I could feel the heat and humidity coming off the people. I could feel it on my skin."

After noting that there was a connection between his boner and the majestic sounding of a buttload of trumpets, he discovered a trove of similar music to enjoy: Much of the theme and soundtrack music from the old-school Bond movies feature intense horn sections. I wonder what his wife thinks of all this? Granted, there are weirder fetishes out there than having to put on the "Goldfinger" soundtrack to get your husband going, but the title song is a little, uh, aggressive to have sex to, don't you think? Shirley Bassey is practically in the damn bed with you.